#wise

No man is the wiser for his learning; it may administer matter to work in, or objects to work upon; but wit and wisdom are born with a man. ↗

— John Selden

#born #his #learning #man #matter

Let them not make me a stone and let them not spill me, otherwise kill me. ↗

— Louis MacNeice

#make #me #otherwise #spill #stone

Man would be otherwise. That is the essence of the specifically human. ↗

— Antonio Machado

#human #man #otherwise #specifically #would

I am sure that instinctively we wish to be everything, to possess it-why cut the rose or marry the man, otherwise? ↗

— Ella Maillart

#cut #everything #i #i am #instinctively

Your dear baby has died innocent and blameless, and has been called away by an all wise and merciful Creator, most probably from a life to misery and misfortune, and most certainly to one of happiness and bliss. ↗

— George Mason

#baby #been #blameless #bliss #called

We have now gone beyond 100 in number, and the desire to join seems rather to increase, though it was thought the foundations would retard it, it seems quite otherwise. ↗

— Catherine McAuley

#desire #foundations #gone #increase #join

Our understanding of the world around us is constantly being redefined and expanded, and so therefore, it is wiser to be passionate about seeking for truth than knowing it. ↗

— Bryant H. McGill

#around #being #constantly #expanded #knowing

Remember that the greatest fool in the world may ask more than the wisest man can answer. ↗

— Bryant H. McGill

#ask #fool #greatest #man #may

Yes, risk taking is inherently failure-prone. Otherwise, it would be called sure-thing-taking. ↗

— Jim McMahon

#inherently #otherwise #risk #taking #would

You can't totally rebel, otherwise you have to go live on your own, on a desert island. It's as simple as that. ↗

— Patrick McGoohan

#desert island #go #island #live #otherwise